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District schools in the aggregate showed near-zero effects, significantly lower than charter schools in the same grades, but the district sample was small

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2018: local conditions change quickly

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

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q2 i? Estimated two-year effects were near zero for the six district schools and near 0.2 for same-grade charter students, a statistically significant difference the authors caution against generalizing. → John F. Pane 2015

Evidence

John F. Pane 2015

John F. Pane, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Matthew D. Baird, Laura S. Hamilton. (2015). Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning. RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/t/RR1365z2 doi:10.7249/rr1365

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Chart 7 comparison of estimated two-year effects for the six district-operated schools (grades 7–12) versus public charter students in the same grade range; two district schools were positive, offset by negative results in three others.

"The difference in estimated effects between the district and charter schools is statistically significant; however , we caution against generalizing this result because there are so few district schools represented."

Discussion

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type claim
id pl-district-schools-near-zero-vs-charter
title District schools in the aggregate showed near-zero effects, significantly lower than charter schools in the same grades, but the district sample was small
description District schools in the aggregate showed near-zero effects, significantly lower than charter schools in the same grades, but the district sample was small
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2015
recheck_by 2018
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-14
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